WHKX | |
City: | Bluefield, Virginia |
Area: | Bluefield, Virginia Tazewell, Virginia Bland, Virginia Bluefield, West Virginia Princeton, West Virginia |
Branding: | Kicks Country |
Repeater: | 107.7 WHQX (Gary, West Virginia) |
Format: | Country |
Power: | 330 watts |
Haat: | 420m (1,380feet) |
Class: | A |
Facility Id: | 6004 |
Coordinates: | 37.2514°N -81.1889°W |
Callsign Meaning: | WH KiX (kicks) |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
Former Callsigns: | WOVE-FM (1966–1969) WKJC (1969–1974) WBDY (1974–1980) WBDY-FM (1980–1997) WHKX (1997–present) |
Affiliations: | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
Owner: | Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert |
Licensee: | First Media Services, LLC |
Sister Stations: | WHAJ, WHIS, WHQX, WKEZ, WKOY-FM, WKQB, WKQR, WAMN, WELC |
WHKX (106.3 FM) is a country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bluefield, Virginia, serving Bluefield, Tazewell, and Bland in Virginia and Bluefield and Princeton in West Virginia. WHKX is owned and operated by Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert, through licensee First Media Services, LLC.
106.3 FM in this region launched as WOVE-FM, the FM counterpart of WOVE (1340 AM), in 1966.[1] In 1969, Kenneth J. Crosthwaite, who had owned WOVE, acquired the station, changed the call letters to WKJC and was approved to change its city of license from Welch, West Virginia, to Bluefield.